A taxi driver fined for dumping two bags of rubbish on a Salford street admitted in court he had left EIGHT other bags at the same spot.

Basmarat Ahmed has been hit with a bill of £1,567 after he was caught on film dumping two bin bags of builder’s waste.

Ahmed, of Esmond Road, Cheetham Hill, claimed someone dumped one bin bag full of rubbish on his car bonnet and another in front of his car while he was shopping.

But instead of putting the rubbish in a bin or skip, he drove seventy yards to hurl it against a fence and leave it lying in the street.

Ahmed, 51, pleaded guilty to dumping the two bags on Thursday December 10th 2015, at Dickinson Street, Salford and also admitted dumping a further eight bin bags of controlled waste at the same location, when he appeared at Salford and Manchester magistrates court.

He was fined £700 and ordered to pay costs and compensation of £797 with a victim’s surcharge of £70.

The court heard that a mobile patrol spotted the heavy duty bin bags in the street, partially blocking the pavement and posing a trip hazard to passers by.

Basmarat Ahmed was caught dumping rubbish in Salford

The rubbish dumped by Basmarat Ahmed

Salford council’s CCTV team captured footage of Mr Ahmed taking two bags from the boot of his taxi and throwing them hard against the fence before driving away and leaving them there.

When interviewed, Mr Ahmed said he parked his car on the corner of Sherborne Street and Bury New Road and walked into one of the warehouses for phone covers. When he came back, one bin bag was in front of the car and one on the bonnet of the car.

He told officers that instead of leaving the bags in the street there he drove to Dickinson Street and dumped the bags alongside other rubbish. He said if he had known he would be caught on camera he would have put the rubbish in a friend’s skip.

Speaking after the case, Councillor David Lancaster, lead member for environment and community safety, said: “Mr Ahmed should have done the responsible thing and put the rubbish in a bin not thrown it into a Salford street. I hope this makes people think twice before using the streets of Salford as a litter bin.”

The council’s ongoing Operation Pandora has prosecuted 36 offenders have been prosecuted for 45 offences with total fines, costs and compensation of over £37,000.